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- 1187 A.DKonkani ( Kōṅkaṇī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily along the western coastal region ( Konkan) of India. It is one of the 22 Scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 A.D.Native speakers: 2.3 million (2011 census)Native to: India
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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_languageThe Konkani language has 16 basic vowels (excluding an equal number of long vowels), 36 consonants, 5 semi-vowels, 3 sibilants, 1 aspirate, and many diphthongs. Like the other Indo-Aryan languages, it has both long and short vowels and syllables with long vowels may appear to be stressed. … See more
Konkani (Kōṅkaṇī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution, … See more
Konkani belongs to the Indo-Aryan language branch. It is part of the Marathi-Konkani group of the southern Indo-Aryan languages. It is inflexive, and less distant from See more
Proposed substrate influences
The substratum of the Konkani language lies in the speech of Austroasiatic tribes called Kurukh, Oraon, and Kukni, whose modern … See moreIt is quite possible that Old Konkani was just referred to as Prakrit by its speakers. Reference to the name Konkani is not found in literature … See more
Konkani language was in decline, due to the use of Portuguese as the official and social language among the Christians, the predominance of Marathi over Konkani among Hindus, and the Konkani Christian-Hindu divide. Seeing this, Vaman Raghunath Varde … See more
The Konkani language has been in danger of dying out over the years for many of the following reasons:
1. The … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Konkani-language
Konkani is spoken by some 2.5 million people, mainly on the central west coast of India, where it is the official language of Goa state. It is also associated particularly with the city of …
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- Generally, Konkani is called as a colloquial version of Marathi, the official language of Maharashtra state. However, various researches indicate, Marathi is an offshoot of Konkani. A paper presented by the Goa University in 2014 and studies by independent researchers from India and abroad suggest, Konkani was spoken by Indo-Austric tribes- Kukna (...
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HISTORY Discover the origin of the Konkani language and your ancestors. THE LEGEND OF PARASHURAMA This legend describes the creation of the west coast of India, the Konkan …
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It is claimed that Konkani originated in Goa and spread into the neighbouring parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala where Konkani speakers from Goa, particularly the high …
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https://www.konkaniassociation.com/history.phpApr 17, 2007 · History of Konkani Early Years Konkani flourished in Goa. Brahmi script was initially used for writing in Konkani but it fell into disuse, giving way to the Devanagari script. It …
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Konkani language had originally been studied and Roman Konkani promoted by Catholic missionaries in Goa (e.g. Thomas Stephens) as a communication medium during the 16th …
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Aug 15, 1997 · First, the Central Literary Academy of India has declared that Konkani is an independent language and has set up honors and awards for recognition of works in Konkani. Second, we have recognized Goa as a …
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Nov 15, 2013 · The Secret History of the Konkani Language that draws from his doctoral research Jason suggests that there is more to the history of the Konkani language than that …
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Konkani is an Indo-Aryan Language which belongs to an Indo-European family of languages and it has been spoken in the South western coast of India. It is the official …
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